Rosalind Beiler, Ph.D.
- Department Chair
- Associate Professor
E-mail
407-823-6467
Campus Location: CNH 551B
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Education
- Ph.D. from University of Pennsylvania (1994)
Research Interests
Early American, Atlantic History, Migration, Early Modern Germany
Selected Publications
Books
Immigrant and Entrepreneur: The Atlantic World of Caspar Wistar, 1650-1750 (University Park, PA: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2008).
Articles/Essays
With Klaus Irmscher, "Die Wanderungsbewegungen der Glasmacher Wenzel aus Gründau-Breitenborn im Deutschen Südwesten, Zweite Teil," Genealogie, 26, 2002, 301-315; 350-357.
With Klaus Irmscher, "Die Wanderungsbewegungen der Glasmacher Wenzel aus Gründau-Breitenborn im Deutschen Südwesten, Zweite Teil," Genealogie, 9/10, 1998, 274-296.
"Distributing Aid to Believers in Need: The Religious Foundations of Transatlantic Migration." Pennsylvania History, Special Supplemental Issue, 64, 1997, 73-87.
"Peterstal and Wistarburg: The Transfer and Adaptation of Business Strategies in Eighteen-Century American Glassmaking," Business and Economic History, 26, 1997, 343-353.
Book Sections/Chapters
"Information Networks and the Dynamics of Migration: Swiss Anabaptist Exiles and Their Host Communities," in Religious Refugees in Europe, Asia and North America (6th-21st century), Susanne Lachenicht, ed. (Lit Verlag, 2007).
"Searching for Prosperity: German Migration to the British American Colonies, 1688-1780," in The Atlantic World: Studies in Migration, Imagination and Slavery, Prentice Hall, 2005.
"Bridging the Gap: Cultural Mediators and the Structure of Transatlantic Communication," in Atlantic Communications: The Media in American and German History from the Seventeenth to the Twentieth Century, Oxford: Berg Publishers, 2004.
"Smuggling Goods or Moving Households The Legal Status of German-speaking Immigrants in the First British Empire," in Meschen zwischen zwei Welten: Auswanderung, Ansiedlung, Akkulturation, Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier, 2002, 9-23.
"Caspar Wistar: German-American Entrepreneur and Cultural Broker," in The Human Tradition in America from the Colonial Era to Reconstruction, Scholarly Resources, 2001.
"From the Rhine Valley to the Delaware Valley: The Eighteenth-Century Transatlantic Trade Channels of Caspar Wistar," in In Search of Peace and Prosperity: New Settlements in Eighteenth-Century Europe and America, Penn State University Press, 2000, 172-188.
Awards
- NEH Postdoctoral Fellowship 2006, The Library Company of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA.
- Senior Scholar, Lecture/Research Fulbright Grant 2003-04, John F. Kennedy Institute, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
- Scholars-in-Residence Award 1997, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, PA.
- Summer Research Fellowship 1995, Winterthur Museum, Winterthur, DE.
Spring 2010 Courses
| Course Number | Course | Title | Mode | Date and Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19903 | AMH3930H | HON SPECIAL TOPIC | Face2Face | W 6:00PM - 8:50PM |
| No Description Available | ||||
